Very bad article in French account of past events (9)
I believe the answer is:
chronicle
'account of past events' is the definition.
'chronicle' can be an answer for 'account' (synonyms). I am unsure of the 'of past events' bit.
'very bad article in french' is the wordplay.
'very bad' becomes 'chronic' (I've seen this before).
'article in french' becomes 'le' ('the', the definite article in French).
'chronic'+'le'='CHRONICLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chronicle that I've seen before include "Continuous record of events in order of time" , "(Keep an) historical record" , "Story" , "journal" , "Narrative description of past events" .)